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For Jack Tar, going to sea was the ultimate adventure
Seafaring and the rule of the waves — as the song would have it — was an integral part of…
Terror plots, threats to liberties, banks in crisis: welcome to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars
At the end of the 18th century, Britain shuddered in Boney’s shadow, living in constant expectation of invasion and occupation, says Nigel Jones
